Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure in Alabama

Prolonged exposure to asbestos can lead to serious health problems including pleural mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer. If you have lived and worked in Alabama for significant amount of time, there is a chance that you were exposed to asbestos at home or in the workplace. For your convenience, we have compiled information about asbestos and mesothelioma in the state of Alabama.

Below you will find recent statistics about mesothelioma and asbestos exposure in Alabama. We have also included descriptions of industries and lists of cities, towns and specific job sites in Alabama where asbestos exposure has occurred. Local Alabama mesothelioma doctors and treatment centers are also listed. Finally we include recent local news articles about asbestos and mesothelioma.

Alabama Mesothelioma and Asbestos Statistics

From 1999-2015, 524 Alabama residents have died of mesothelioma

Alabama has a mesothelioma mortality rate of about 9 people per million annually (Source: CDC)

St. Clair County ranks among the top 50 counties in the U.S. with the highest mesothelioma death rates, with a rate of about 21 from 2000-2009 (Source: CDC)

While Alabama had 10 asbestos sites considered for commercial use, no mining or further development ever occurred at these sites. Alabama does, however, have 9 known sites of naturally occurring asbestos. (Source: USGS)

Asbestos Exposure in Alabama Workplaces

Many industries throughout Alabama used asbestos, putting their citizens at risk of exposure.

Manufacturing:

Many manufacturing companies have used asbestos for a variety of processes because of its heat and chemical resistance. Companies like Rock Wool Manufacturing in Leeds, which manufactured insulation and cement that contained asbestos, exposed thousands of workers to the toxin.

Power Plants:

Power plants relied heavily on asbestos for their equipment and facilities. There were many of these plants in Alabama, such as the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant and Colbert Steam Plant located near the Tennessee River.

Oil Refineries:

Four oil refineries in Alabama, like the Coastal Mobile Refinery, used a variety of asbestos materials in construction of the facility and the required machinery for the chemical processes, putting many oil refinery workers at risk.

Shipbuilding:

Alabama was home to several large shipyards and shipbuilding companies, including the Gulf Shipyard and Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Asbestos was widely used in shipbuilding for its durability and heat resistance, which has led to shipbuilders being among the most high risk for mesothelioma.

Military:

Asbestos was widely used throughout the military, whether in construction of buildings on army bases or navy vessels. Veterans are among the most at risk for developing mesothelioma. Army bases like the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville could have led to exposure for veterans in Alabama.

Asbestos Superfund Sites and Shipyards in Alabama

Alabama has had several locations added to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund List over the years including one with asbestos concerns, as well as many shipyards that put workers at high risk for developing mesothelioma.

Anniston Army Depot

The Anniston Army Depot in Calhoun County provides storage, testing and refurbishment of combat vehicles. Over time, the Depot created solid and liquid wastes of various toxins that contaminated soil and groundwater. The site has also been known to contain asbestos products. In 1989, the EPA placed a portion of the depot on the National Priorities List. In 1990, the EPA and the Army agreed to address the entire depot in order to protect contamination of the environment and public health.

Alabama Drydock and Shipping Company (ADDSCO)

ADDSCO, located in Mobile, has a long history in Alabama. The company was formed after a merger of several smaller shipyards in 1917, becoming one of the largest marine facilities in the United States. The shipyard became especially important during WWII, and became the single largest employer in Alabama. The shipyard helped with repairs and even production of tanker vessels for the Navy. The asbestos use on these vessels put both shipyard workers and Navy veterans at high risk for exposure. While the shipyard was very important during these war efforts, it eventually closed briefly during the 1980s. Today, Alabama Drydock is owned by BAE Systems and operates as Southeast Shipyards Alabama.

Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Company

Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Company, established in 1919, operated in Mobile. The company built vessels of all sizes, allowed for ample storage with huge dock capacities, and helped repair ships and other vessels. For decades, Bender was very successful and employed hundreds of shipyard workers, all of whom were at risk of asbestos exposure. Despite its early success, the company ultimately filed for bankruptcy in 2009 and was later purchased by another Alabama marine construction company, Signal International LLC.

Gulf Shipbuilding Company

Gulf Shipbuilding Company operated in Chickasaw after buying the Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company in 1940. The shipyard was instrumental to the U.S. Navy’s efforts during WWII and received contracts to build the Fletcher Class destroyers. These large contracts resulted in the employment of thousands of workers throughout the war who all faced a high risk of developing mesothelioma. When the demand for ships diminished after the war, the shipyard eventually closed.

Asbestos Exposure in Alabama Cities

Provided below is a list of cities in the state of Alabama where asbestos use in the workplace is known to have occurred. Click on a city below to see more detailed information about the specific job sites where asbestos exposure occurred.

Asbestos Risks at Other Alabama Work Sites

Asbestos exposure is also a problem if you look beyond the major cities and towns in Alabama. Select a town to see the list of its job sites where asbestos exposure occurred. Asbestos exposure at any one of the work sites revealed could put a worker at risk to develop mesothelioma cancer.

Dwight Manufacturing Company

Gulf States Steel

Republic Steel Corporation

Southern Iron and Steel Company

Alexander City Creamery

Avondale Mills

C and G. Cooper Company

Russell Manufacturing Company

Adelaide Mills

Alabama Pipe Division

American Net and Twine Company

Anniston Army Depot

Anniston Cordage Company

Anniston Electric and Gas Company

Anniston Foundry Company

Anniston Manufacturing Company

Anniston Ordinance Depot

Anniston Soil & Foundry

Home Ice Company

Illinois Car Equipment Company

Kilby Locomotive and Machine Works

Monsanto Chemical Company

National Gypsum Company

Redstone Arsenal

Tornado Supply Company

Us Pipe & Foundry Company

Woodstock Iron Works Inc.

Alabama Polytechinic Inst

Auburn University

Department of Buildings & Grounds - S F Brewster

Southern Natural Gas

Courtaulds Chemical Plant

Halby Chemical

Shell Chemical

Stauffer Chemical Company

International Paper Company

Newport Chemical

Newport Industries

Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company

Reichold Chemical

Tenneco Chemicals Incorporated

Amer Container Paper Mill/ Container Corp Paper Mill

American Can Company

Container Corp of America

J. Graham Brown Educational Center

Jefferson Smurfit

T.R. Miller Mill Company Inc

Alabama Power Company

Barry Steam Plant

Cold Creek Plant

Courtalds

Stauffer Chemical Company

Zeneca

American Can Company

American Can Paper Mill

James River Paper Mill

W.F. Carter Paint

Alabama Dry Dock & Shipyard Company

Alabama Power Company - Bark Burning Plant

Coastal Mobile Refinery

Gulf Atlantic Operations

Gulf Ship Building Company

Gulf Shipyard

Southeastern Production Company

Union Carbide

Wilsonville Steam

Alabama Ordinance Works

Associated Contractors

Beaunit Fiber

Childersburg Power Plant

Coosa Pines Plant

Coosa River Newsprint Company

E.I. Du Pont De Nemours

Kimberly Clark Paper Mill

Reynolds Metals

Rust Engineering Company

T.N.T. Plant

Beauknit Mills

Coosa Pines Plant

Kimberly Clark

Rust Engineering Company

Arnold Lumber Company

Cullman Creamery

Deep South Creamery Company

Deerr Electric Company

Graveman's Dairy - Route 1

King Pharr Canning

Lanson Industries

St Bernard College

Alabama Lumber Company

Alabama Power Company

Borden Chemical

Greene County Steam Plant

Gulf State Paper Company

Purity Bakery - Ovens

Purity Bakery - Ovens

Triangle Construction Company

Alabama Machinery & Supply Company

Borden's Ice Cream Company

Dothan Electric Light and Water Works

Dothan Grocery Company

Dothan Powerhouse

Farley Nuclear Power Plant

Faulkner Ice Company - Powell & Cherry Streets

Michelin Tire Corporation

Warneco At The Warner Manufacturing Plant

Alabama Steel and Wire Company

Ensley Steel Works

Harbison-Walker Refractonies Company

Semet-Solvay Company

Tennessee Coal & Iron Division

Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company

United States Steel Corporation

Alabama By Products

Allied Chemical Corp

Celotex

Fairfield Service Center

Fairfield Works

Harbison-Walker

Jim Walters Corp (AKA CELOTEX Corporation)

Koppers Company Inc

Tenn Coal and Iron Div

Tennessee Coal, Iron & R.R. Company

U. S. Steel Corporation

U.S. Steel Mill

USX Corporation

B A Rogers

Cherry Cotton Mills

Colbert Steam Plant

Florence Hardware Company

Knit Kote Textile Mill

Osborn Ice Company

Phila Ensley Tur

Reynolds Aluminum

Rogers Incorporated

Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company

State Teachers College - Treasurer's Office

Stylon Corp

T M & B A Rogers

Tva Wilson Dam

Weyerhauser Paper Mill

Alabama Coal and Iron Company

Alabama Pipe

Alabama Power Company

Crossfield Ice & Ice Cream Company

Defense Plant Corporation

Engineering Sales, Inc.

Gadsden Alabama Furnace Company

Gadsden Steam Plant

Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Gulf States Paper Mill

Gulf States Steel

Lily Ice Cream Company

LTV Steel

Republic Aluminum

Republic Steel Corp

Roberts Plastering

Singleton Plumbing & Heating

Southern Steel Company

Southern Steel District Plant Unit 9

United Paint & Wallpaper Company

Boaz Mills

Boaz Spinning Company Inc

Koolman's Quick Freeze

Lakeside Plant

Monsanto

Central Foundry

Debardeleben Coal Corp

Empire Coke

Gulf States Paper Corp

Semet-Solvay Company

Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company

Alabama Electric Cooperative Inc

Allied Paper Company

Boise Cascade Paper Group

Jackson Mill Supply Company

Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works

Lanett Cotton Mills

West Point Stevens

West Point-Pepperell, Inc.

Anderson Electric Company

Lehigh Portland Cement

National Metals Inc

Rock Wool Manufacturing Company

Rockwell Manufacturing

Standard Portland Cement Company

Universal Atlas Cement

Brown & Root

Ciba Geigy Chemical Company

MacIntosh Steam Generating Plant

Mathieson Alabama Chemical Corp

Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation

Alabama River Pulp Company

Olinkraft Inc

Temple Inland Forest Products

Vanity Fair Mills

Alabama College

Allied Products Company

U S Gypsum Company

Westinghouse

Adams Manufacturing Company

Alabama Machine & Supply Company

Alabama State University

American Service Company

Amoco

Armour & Company

Atlanta and West Point Railroad

Atlantic Coastline Railroad

Bear Brothers Incorporated

Bishop-Parker Furniture Company

Brockway Glass Company

Capital Chevrolet Company

Capital Refrigeration Company

Cloverdale Manufacturing Company

Collins Baking Company - Ovens

Dixie Land Dairy

Edison Electric Light and Power Company

First National Bank Building

Flack Lumber Company

Gambles Structural Steel

Gunter Air Force Base

Helburn Company

Koppers Company Inc

L C Young Ice Cream Company

Maxwell Air Force Base

Montgomery Lighting. and Water Power Company

Normandale Shopping Center

North Brothers, Inc.

Richard Tillis

Scottish Rite Cathedral

St Margarets Hospital

Standard Electric Machinery

State of Alabama

Teague Hardware Company

Tuskeegee Institute

Union Bag Camp Paper Corporation

Union Camp Corporation

Union Refining Company

United States Army Corps of Engin

American Can Company

James River Paper Mill

Marathon Southern Corp

Naheola Southern Corp

Chemical Plant

Semet Solvay Company

Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Company

U.S. Pipe

BF Goodrich

Opelika Foundry Company

Opelika Mills

Pepperell Manufacturing Company

Uniroyal Tire Company

Us Rubber

West Point Papermill

West Point Pepperell Manufacturing

West Point Stevens

Alabama Power Company

Gorgas Power Plant

Pratt Coal

American Can Company

Fort James

Fort James Operating Company

Georgia Pacific

James River Dixie Northern - Georgia Pacific

James River Paper Company

Marathon Southern

Alabama Kraft Company

Continental Carbon

Mead Paper

Rust Engineering Company

Industial Development Board of Camden

Macmillan Bloedel Particleboard, Inc.

Rust Engineering Company

Weyerhaeuser

International Paper

Prattville Paper Mill

Union Bag Camp Paper Corporation

Union Camp Corporation

Union Camp Paper Mill

Union Camp Plywood Plant

Shell Chemical

Bellefonte Nuclear Plant

Goodyear

Revere Copper & Brass

Ala Metallurgical Corp

Alabama Kraft Mead Paper Mill

Alabama Metallurgical

Alabama Metallurgical Corp

Buckeye Cotton Oil Company

Combustion Construction Company

Craig Airforce Base

Hammermill Paper Company

Henry Brick Company

International Paper Company

New Vaughn Memorial Hospital

Selma Paper Mill

Southern Natural Gas

The Buckeye Cotton Oil Company

Toccoa Manufacturing Corporation

Alabama and Tenn. Coal and Iron Company

Atlas Steel

Colbert Steam Plant

Diamond Shamrock

Ford Aluminum Foundry

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Plant

Machinists Union - Local 1189

Muscle Shoals Rubber Company

North Alabama Turn Company

Pipefitters Union - Local 760

Reynolds Alloys Company

Reynolds Metal

Sheetmetal Union - Local 48

Sloos Sheffield Steel and Iron Company

Steam Workers Union - Local 760

Steamfitters Union - Local 760

Tennessee Valley Authority

Tricities Constructions

TVA, U.S. Chemical Corporation

U.S. Govt. Nitrate Plant

Union Aluminum

Union Carbide

United States Govt. Cyanimid Plant

United States Govt. Nitrate Plant

Mead Paperboard

Widows Creek Power Plant

Avondale Mills

Central Mills

Defense Metal Products Inc

Georgia Marble

Moretti Harrah Marble Company

Allen Graphite Company

Coosa River Ordnance Plant

Newbury Manufacturing Company

Northern Ala Coal Iron and Railway Company

Talladega Furnace Company

Talledega College

Alabama By-Products Corporation

Clow Pipe and Foundy

James B. Clow and Songs

Ketona Chemical Corporation

Singmaster & Breyer For Ketona Chemical Company

Republic Iron and Steel Company

Republic Steel Corp

Colbert Steam Plant

Ford Company

Robbins Tile Company

Tennessee Valley Authority

Creasey Company

Tuskegee Normal and Industrial

Tyndall Air Force Base, Mess Hall

U.S. Veteran's Hospital

Veterans Administrative Hospital

Alabama Power Company

Colbert Steam Plant

Coosa River Station

Gaston Generating Station

Gaston Power Plant

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Segco Steam Plant

Southern Electric Generating

Wilson Memorial Hospital

Wilsonville Power Plant

Koppers Company Inc

Koppers Company Tar Andb Chemical Div

Tar Products Div Koppers Company

Woodward Iron & Coke

Asbestos-Related News in Alabama

Asbestos tiles at a police station in Birmingham have caused the station to close and two officers to be admitted to the hospital. The north precinct—the oldest building in the Police Department dating back over 40 years—officially closed late on Wednesday night.

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